We present here the first results from the Chandra ERA (Environments of Radio-loud AGN) Large Project,
characterizing the cluster environments of a sample of 26 radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGNs) at z ∼ 0.5
that ...

A 28 year old woman in her first trimester of pregnancy attends the dental surgery as a new patient. She presents with a periapical abscess on her first molar tooth and expresses concern about the numerous unfilled cavities ...

Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are a valued research method in evidence-based practice in medical and clinical settings because they are
associated with a particular ontological and epistemological perspective that ...

South African alcohol-serving establishments (i.e., shebeens) offer unique opportunities to reduce HIV risks among men who drink. Purpose: To test an individual- and a social structural-level HIV prevention intervention ...

Taylor, Michael(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2006)

Botswana has a long history of attempts to ‘rationalise’ land tenure so as to improve livestock production, which remains a mainstay for the rural economy. This paper addresses the profound transformations in land tenure ...

The debate on equilibrium vs non-equilibrium dynamics
in pastoral systems emerged in the early 1980s, when
economists, ecologists and social scientists began to
challenge the widespread claims of overgrazing and
degradation ...

Vetter, Susanne(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2004)

The debate on equilibrium vs non-equilibrium dynamics in pastoral systems emerged in the early 1980s, when economists, ecologists and social scientists began to challenge the widespread claims of overgrazing and degradation ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The emerging resistance of Candida species to antifungals routinely used to treat candidiasis in HIV patients and in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) has resulted in the frequent isolation ...

What do we mean when we talk about "multilingual voice" in the post-apartheid sociolinguistic context of South Africa? In this paper, I explore this question by reporting on an ethnographic fieldwork project that involved ...

Scarnecchia, Timothy (Kent State University)(Published by University of the Western Cape, 2011)

This article examines the role of diplomatic relations during the first stages of the
1983 Gukurahundi in Zimbabwe. Based on a preliminary reading of South African
Department of Foreign Affairs files for 1983, the article ...

Alignment is defined as the tendency of the distribution of pointing angles between the major
axes of clusters and their nearest neighbours to be more concentrated towards small values
for small nearest neighbour distances, ...

South Africa’s transition towards a district-based health system (DHS) aims to offer health promotion and prevention services
at community level, through re-engineered primary health care (PHC) services. Along with pharmacy ...

In using “lifelong learning” as the frame to observe higher education institutions, our gaze focuses both internally and externally. Internally we see a concern to ensure high quality, and flexible teaching and learning ...

Despite post-apartheid policy intentions to redress the effects of apartheid, inequalities in higher education have remained an endemic problem in South Africa, and continue to have a major influence on students and educators ...

This article plays on the word re-location to examine the memories of Indians in South Africa through oral histories about relocation as a result of the Group Areas Act, to memories of parents and grandparents relocating ...

Reports of the increasing incidence of male infertility paired with decreasing semen quality have triggered studies
on the effects of lifestyle and environmental factors on the male reproductive potential. There are ...

Reports of the increasing incidence of male infertility paired with decreasing semen quality have triggered studies
on the effects of lifestyle and environmental factors on the male reproductive potential. There are ...

Objective: This comparative study evaluated the readability and test-retest reliability of a questionnaire
designed to assess the attitudes, beliefs behaviours and sources of information about HIV/AIDS among young
adults ...

We assessed the preparedness of health districts and designated hospitals in the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province for proposed telepsychiatry services. An e-health readiness questionnaire for developing countries was administered ...